QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

94.0053

Quilt's title:

Road to San Clemente

Quilt top made by:

Rumpf, Lorraine

Quilted by:

Rumpf, Lorraine

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Montclair

Where the quilt was made, county:

San Bernadino

Where the quilt was made, state:

California (CA)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt started?

8/12/1975

When was the quilt finished?

4/1976

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Montclair

Quiltmaker's county:

San Bernadino

Quiltmaker's state:

California (CA)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Sarvis

Quiltmaker's birth date:

4/25/1921

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

German English

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Edwin Denby High Graduate 1939-June

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Retired rural postal carrier, U.S. Postal Service

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Sarvis, John Edward

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Sarvis, Dolly Williams

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Chief Stationary Engineer

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

The Montclair Woman's Club

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

81"

How long is the quilt?

94"

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Lorraine Sarvis-Rumpf

Describe where the inscription was found:

top

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

42

Size of quilt blocks:

13"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Describe the borders:

1"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

Description of the back:

Bicentennial prints

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Color of thread used in the quilting:

White

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Width between quilting lines:

1 3/4"

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Patches outlined/in the ditch

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

X's

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Design reminded me of a road so named it after the Nixon Western White House. Original design I drew on 8/12/1975

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Patterns, Templates; Photos of quilter. Montclair Tribune, Thursday, August 21, 1975, Becoming Popular Again, The art of quilting, By Lynne Locke. From the DAILY REPORT, Ontario-Upland, Calif., Fri., Oct. 12, 1962 C-1; Club Quilters Weave History of Montclair. Club project will show first home, first church and new civic center. Montclair's Entry, 2/21/1963

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Lorraine Sarvis Rumpf

Quilt owner's city:

Montclair

Quilt owner's county:

San Bernardino

Quilt owner's state:

California (CA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Approximately 8 weeks to quilt.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:

Designed the pattern

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum